Canada's first Indigenous owned and female-founded airline launched in Vancouver on Friday — on InternationalWomensDay | CBCVancouver
Fraser, who is Métis, said she chose the name deliberately in celebration of women and matriarchal leadership.The airline will fly charter services in its single Piper Navajo plane and aims to expand into a multi-plane operation within the next few years.
The airline's first partnership is with Homalco Wildlife & Cultural Tours based in Campbell River, where it will help provide remote nature tours.Along with the launch, the airline also announced it is partnering with an organization called Give Them Wings. The initiative is designed to inspire Indigenous youth of all genders into careers in aviation.
Teara Fraser inspecting the first plane of Iskwew Air in what she hopes will be a large fleet in the future. Fraser hopes that as a female pilot herself, she can help encourage young women to enter the aviation industry."We have made great strides in advancing gender equality in aviation," said chair Heather Bell.
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